Well Spring has finally arrived, not to mention a lovely Solar eclipse which I enjoyed watching from my garden. It seems that the lack of a coat means that Spring has finally arrived. So now is the time to look out the apron and rubber gloves and give the house a nice Spring clean. And what better time to treat your home to some lovely new items. I have been working away behind the scenes for the past couple of weeks now on mug designs, most I have shared below.

I am growing the collection at lightening speed to cover as many as I can. I would like to thank all the lovely dogs that feature on my designs. I chose the ones I liked best that showed off the character or profile of the breed best from my collection. All the forthcoming art books portraits from volume 2 will also be used for breed merchandise.

Things are very exciting here just now. I have an amazing collaboration I am about to start work on, things very hush, hush, just now but I am humbled and honoured that this amazing brand has chosen to work with me. More info to follow soon. I need to sit down and work on designs to pitch to them in the next couple of months. Hopefully this big collaboration will open amazing doors for The Sketchy World and I am so excited about it all.

I am now back to work on commissions again and the second art book portraits will be started end of April for a full eight months crammed full of new and exciting breeds. I can't wait. I hope you like my new products and please remember I am expanding this on a daily basis so be sure to visit my website regularly to see updates. Have a wonderful rest of March and I will be back in April with lots more designs and news.

I was very honoured when Crufts Magazine contacted me to do a feature in their November 2014 Issue. I gave them a short interview to discuss the project and sent them a selection of images from the forthcoming book. I was really pleased with the article and how it looked. Copies are on sale 10th November 2014. The book will be for sale on my website.